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This week’s sermon, The Joy of God and His Living Word, focused on Psalm 119:1-8. (Unfortunately, due a recording issue, only the first half of the sermon could be uploaded). The goal of this sermon was to encourage members and friends of RBC to continue to make Scripture reading, meditation, and … Read More»
Most Christian churches have ceremonies for babies born to families in the church. Ceremonies fall into the categories of baptisms, christenings (which includes baptism), and baby dedications. At RBC we do baby dedications. The purpose of the ceremony is to dedicate the child to God, welcome the … Read More»
Healthy churches love good resources! Below are my top seven recommended resources for 2016. Please note that these are not my top all time recommendations or even my top recommended resources for the moment. The list below contains resources that were either released in 2016 or came to my attention … Read More»
I think that it fair to say that David Lamb is the Howard Stern of Christianity. He is a “shock jock” in the best sense of the word. His two books, God Behaving Badly and Prostitutes and Polygamists, take a provocative look at some of the most difficult and, frankly, embarrassing questions that the … Read More»
I love the public reading of Scripture. Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Epistles, all of those big names in the book of Numbers… I love it all. Apparently, so did the Apostles. In writing to Timothy, Paul said, “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture” (1 Tim. 4:13). … Read More»
So what should we make of modern rewrites of Jesus? I will let C.S. Lewis wrap it up: All theology of the liberal type involves at some point - and often involves throughout - the claim that the real behavior and purpose and teaching of Christ came very rapidly to be misunderstood and … Read More»
Three further fallacies with the rewriting of the person of Jesus. Problem two: Stereotyping Zealot may be guilty of sociological stereotyping. According to Aslan's theory, Jesus is, and can only be, like all other first century Jewish ‘messiahs.’ In his own words, “Indeed, if we commit to … Read More»
Once again, using Zealot as an example, the purpose of this review is to share four common fallacies that lead to the re-writting of the life, person, and purpose of Jesus. Allow me a couple thoughts before commenting on Aslan’s theory. The author says some important things in this book. The … Read More»
Every few years some scholar somewhere writes a new “groundbreaking” book on Jesus that will change the world’s understanding of the traditional Jesus. He or she will share compelling reasons why we can no longer trust certain portions of the biblical accounts. In the end, we are presented with … Read More»
In the previous two posts, we considered an important text that speaks to the issue of interfaith marriage and identified the target audience of the passage. At first blush, the prohibition may sound like an outdated, archaic doctrine, not fit for today's world. Are there any good reasons to … Read More»